Mae Emma Gordon was the only child of John Gordon who was born in Ireland and Jennie Hutchinson, born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Most records show her name as Mae, a few as Emma. She was raised by her stepfather Leslie Amos Spooner. Her half siblings were Viola Frances Spooner (Searles) and Alonzo Harrison Spooner.
Mae married first to Ray R. Cupp sometime between 1925-1934 (she was mentioned as Mrs. Ray R. Cupp living in Winchester, Kansas in her stepfather's obituary in1934. (Is this a mistake, shouldn't it be Winchester, N.H.? More research is needed). She was working in Brattleboro, VT in 1935, her husband was not listed. Were they divorced by then? Or widowed? Unable to find further info on this marriage, etc. I also cannot find the 1930 census on her or him.
She married 2nd to Theodore Charles Barrett on 10 Apr 1936 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont. Her marriage record shows her name as Mae E. Cupp.
According to his obituary, he was electrocuted in 1939. He was the son of Charles Henry Barrett 1874-1942 and Laura Lucy Noyes (Barrett) (Avery) 1881-1958.
She remarried 3rd to Henry Linwood Tenney on 21 Mar 1941 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont. in 1951, they removed to Sanford, Seminole, Florida. He died in 1980.
Her Florida death record shows her name as Mae Barrett Tenney, died in Sep 1960 in Sanford, Seminole County.
Obituary:
The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, Florida
Sunday, September 18, 1960
TENNEY, Mrs. Mae B. - Funeral services for Mrs. Mae B. Tenney, 53, 1216 Randolph, Sanford, who died at her home early Saturday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Gramkow Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Thomas Parsons officiating. Interment will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Tenney came to Sanford in 1951 from Brattleboro, Vt. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Henry L. Sanford; her mother, Mrs. Jennie Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., one brother Alonzo Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., and a sister, Viola Searles, both of Brattleboro, Vt. Gramkow Funeral Home in in charge of arrangements.
Mae married first to Ray R. Cupp sometime between 1925-1934 (she was mentioned as Mrs. Ray R. Cupp living in Winchester, Kansas in her stepfather's obituary in1934. (Is this a mistake, shouldn't it be Winchester, N.H.? More research is needed). She was working in Brattleboro, VT in 1935, her husband was not listed. Were they divorced by then? Or widowed? Unable to find further info on this marriage, etc. I also cannot find the 1930 census on her or him.
She married 2nd to Theodore Charles Barrett on 10 Apr 1936 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont. Her marriage record shows her name as Mae E. Cupp.
According to his obituary, he was electrocuted in 1939. He was the son of Charles Henry Barrett 1874-1942 and Laura Lucy Noyes (Barrett) (Avery) 1881-1958.
She remarried 3rd to Henry Linwood Tenney on 21 Mar 1941 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont. in 1951, they removed to Sanford, Seminole, Florida. He died in 1980.
Her Florida death record shows her name as Mae Barrett Tenney, died in Sep 1960 in Sanford, Seminole County.
Obituary:
The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, Florida
Sunday, September 18, 1960
TENNEY, Mrs. Mae B. - Funeral services for Mrs. Mae B. Tenney, 53, 1216 Randolph, Sanford, who died at her home early Saturday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Gramkow Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Thomas Parsons officiating. Interment will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Tenney came to Sanford in 1951 from Brattleboro, Vt. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Henry L. Sanford; her mother, Mrs. Jennie Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., one brother Alonzo Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., and a sister, Viola Searles, both of Brattleboro, Vt. Gramkow Funeral Home in in charge of arrangements.
Mae Emma Gordon was the only child of John Gordon who was born in Ireland and Jennie Hutchinson, born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Most records show her name as Mae, a few as Emma. She was raised by her stepfather Leslie Amos Spooner. Her half siblings were Viola Frances Spooner (Searles) and Alonzo Harrison Spooner.
Mae married first to Ray R. Cupp sometime between 1925-1934 (she was mentioned as Mrs. Ray R. Cupp living in Winchester, Kansas in her stepfather's obituary in1934. (Is this a mistake, shouldn't it be Winchester, N.H.? More research is needed). She was working in Brattleboro, VT in 1935, her husband was not listed. Were they divorced by then? Or widowed? Unable to find further info on this marriage, etc. I also cannot find the 1930 census on her or him.
She married 2nd to Theodore Charles Barrett on 10 Apr 1936 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont. Her marriage record shows her name as Mae E. Cupp.
According to his obituary, he was electrocuted in 1939. He was the son of Charles Henry Barrett 1874-1942 and Laura Lucy Noyes (Barrett) (Avery) 1881-1958.
She remarried 3rd to Henry Linwood Tenney on 21 Mar 1941 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont. in 1951, they removed to Sanford, Seminole, Florida. He died in 1980.
Her Florida death record shows her name as Mae Barrett Tenney, died in Sep 1960 in Sanford, Seminole County.
Obituary:
The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, Florida
Sunday, September 18, 1960
TENNEY, Mrs. Mae B. - Funeral services for Mrs. Mae B. Tenney, 53, 1216 Randolph, Sanford, who died at her home early Saturday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Gramkow Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Thomas Parsons officiating. Interment will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Tenney came to Sanford in 1951 from Brattleboro, Vt. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Henry L. Sanford; her mother, Mrs. Jennie Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., one brother Alonzo Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., and a sister, Viola Searles, both of Brattleboro, Vt. Gramkow Funeral Home in in charge of arrangements.
Mae married first to Ray R. Cupp sometime between 1925-1934 (she was mentioned as Mrs. Ray R. Cupp living in Winchester, Kansas in her stepfather's obituary in1934. (Is this a mistake, shouldn't it be Winchester, N.H.? More research is needed). She was working in Brattleboro, VT in 1935, her husband was not listed. Were they divorced by then? Or widowed? Unable to find further info on this marriage, etc. I also cannot find the 1930 census on her or him.
She married 2nd to Theodore Charles Barrett on 10 Apr 1936 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont. Her marriage record shows her name as Mae E. Cupp.
According to his obituary, he was electrocuted in 1939. He was the son of Charles Henry Barrett 1874-1942 and Laura Lucy Noyes (Barrett) (Avery) 1881-1958.
She remarried 3rd to Henry Linwood Tenney on 21 Mar 1941 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont. in 1951, they removed to Sanford, Seminole, Florida. He died in 1980.
Her Florida death record shows her name as Mae Barrett Tenney, died in Sep 1960 in Sanford, Seminole County.
Obituary:
The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, Florida
Sunday, September 18, 1960
TENNEY, Mrs. Mae B. - Funeral services for Mrs. Mae B. Tenney, 53, 1216 Randolph, Sanford, who died at her home early Saturday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Gramkow Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Thomas Parsons officiating. Interment will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Tenney came to Sanford in 1951 from Brattleboro, Vt. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Henry L. Sanford; her mother, Mrs. Jennie Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., one brother Alonzo Spooner, Williamsville, Vt., and a sister, Viola Searles, both of Brattleboro, Vt. Gramkow Funeral Home in in charge of arrangements.
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